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DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Humausdorp. Uuiondale. Queens- 

 town. Komgha, Transkei. Natal. Trausvaal (Bosch Veld, Rusteu- 

 burg, Dwars River). 



SESUTO : T]titi<i>h<i. Strong as a bull (referring to the plant being 

 strongly rooted). Makes good strong brooms. Native doctors use 

 this plant as an ingredient in medicines for keeping or bringing luck. 



CYNODON, Pers. 

 C. dactylon, Pers. 



Veld and mountain slopes. 5-10 in. high, spikelets greyish. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 220 ! Common. 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Van Rhyusdorp. Cape. 

 Tulbagh. Uitenhage. Port Elizabeth. Queenstown. Somerset East. 

 Transkei. Natal. Orange Free State (between Kimberley and 

 Bloemf ontein) . Bechuanalaud. Transvaal (Houtbosch and Lydeu- 

 burg). 



SESUTO : MoJiloa. Meaning unknown. Horara. Creeper. A good 

 grazing grass for horses and cattle. A medicine called " morarollo " 

 is prepared from this by the native doctors by means of which they 

 are supposed to be able to solve a difficult matter. This grass, 

 together with fruits of the Kaffir-corn, sugar-cane, the seeds of a 

 pumpkin, water-melon, and a kind of native pumpkin called " Moko- 

 puutja," is put in a grave when a Basuto is buried. Mokopu-ntja 

 means " the pumpkin of a dog," but up to now no specimens of it have 

 been obtainable. 



M1CROCHLOA, B. Br. 

 M. caffra, Nees. 



Stony places on veld. 5-18 in. high, spikes brownish-grey. Summer. 

 A. Dieterlen, 534 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tulbagh. Uitenhage. Cathcart. Albany. Somerset 

 East. Tembiiland. Natal. Transvaal (Incomate River). 



SESUTO : Yoany ba matlajja. The grass of the flat stones. 



HAEPECHLOA, Kunth. 

 H. capensis, Kuuth. 



Veld, mountain slopes and plateau. 8-20 in. high, spikes dark 

 grey. Spring and Summer, common. A. Dieterlen, 355 ! ; ravine on 

 west slopes of Leribe plateau, occasional, Phillip, 611!, 717!; 

 QoqolosiPeak, PfaZZipg, 969!; summit Doodmau's Kraus Mountain, 

 ft.. Ualpin, 6yi. 



